Being a fan for many years and having listened to some Beatle songs probably hundreds, some maybe a thousand times (I've got to get a real life!....lol), a person begins to listen to other elements of the music like the instrumental sounds, the production job, etc...

All the recordings had the drums only coming out of 1 channel (in other words 1 track) with the exception of 3 songs. "Get Back" (Single version only), "Don't let me down", and "The End". "Here Comes The Sun" has the drums in the center and a tom-tom roll on each chorus ending panned far left that sounds like it was added later if you wanna count that one.

Being a fan for many years and having listened to some Beatle songs probably hundreds, some maybe a thousand times (I've got to get a real life!....lol), a person begins to listen to other elements of the music like the instrumental sounds, the production job, etc...

All the recordings had the drums only coming out of 1 channel (in other words 1 track) with the exception of 3 songs. "Get Back" (Single version only), "Don't let me down", and "The End". "Here Comes The Sun" has the drums in the center and a tom-tom roll on each chorus ending panned far left that sounds like it was added later if you wanna count that one.

Didn't notice that, Dakota. But good post. It's true, after you've heard these songs literally thousands of times, you begin to listen to other elements of the recording. Like Pepper, even after listening to it my whole life, I still often hear something new every time I listen. It's just amazing.

The next time you listen to both "Don't Let Me Down" and "Get Back" you will notice that.....well it's easier by listening with headphones that Ringo's snare and hi-hat are panned far right and the kick and crash cymbal are far left.

Oddly the LP version of "Get Back" has all the drums panned center. They say the LP and SINGLE versions are from the same recording but if thats true why wouldn't they Spector keep the drums in stereo.

This morning I was reading one of my Beatles recording session books and the author says that the LP version was recorded on jan 27th while the SINGLE version on jan 28th. Previously I thought both releases were from the same recording, just a different mix.